HP HPE6-A86 Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) |
|---|---|
| Exam Name: | HPE Aruba Networking Certified Associate - Switching Exam |
| Exam Number: | HPE6-A86 |
| Exam Price: | USD 145 - 260 (varies by region) |
| Available Languages: | English, Latin American Spanish, Japanese |
| Exam Duration: | 90 minutes |
| Certificate Validity Period: | 3 years |
| Passing Score: | 73% |
| Exam Format: | Multiple response, Multiple choice |
| Related Certifications: | HPE Aruba Networking Certified Expert - Switching HPE Aruba Networking Certified Professional - Switching |
| Real Exam Qty: | 60 |
| Recommended Training: | HPE Aruba Networking Certified Associate - Switching Study Guide AOS-CX Switching Fundamentals Course |
| Exam Registration: | Pearson VUE Registration HPE Certification Portal |
| Sample Questions: | HP HPE6-A86 Sample Questions |
| Exam Way: | Online proctored or onsite at Pearson VUE test centers |
| Pre Condition: | No mandatory prerequisites; recommended 6 months of experience supporting or maintaining wired networks |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://certification-learning.hpe.com/tr/datacard/exam/HPE6-A86 |
HP HPE6-A86 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Weight | Objectives |
|---|---|---|
| Management and Security | 16% | - Aruba Central management basics
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| Foundational Networking Technologies | 24% | - OSI model and network architectures
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| Troubleshooting and Maintenance | 17% | - Monitoring and diagnostic tools
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| Installation, Configuration and Validation | 22% | - Initial setup and management access
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| Aruba Networking Products and Features | 21% | - Aruba CX switching portfolio and hardware
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HPE Network Switching Associate Sample Questions:
Question 1
Which statement about out-of-band management is true?
A. Prone to congestion issues from user network traffic.
B. Provides better security and reliability than in-band management.
C. It shares the same network path as user data.
D. Simpler to implement than in-band management.
Question 2
A CX 6200 VSF stack is the L3 gateway for a mid-sized company. Users are divided into three different subnets on VLANs: 100, 200, and 300. VLAN 50 contains a management network for access points, switches, and DHCP servers. How do the Access Points get an IP address using DHCP?
A. As a response to the multicast DHCP query.
B. As a response to the unicast DHCP query
C. As a response to the anycast DHCP query.
D. As a response to the broadcast DHCP query.
Question 3
You have configured the following on a Core-1 HPE Aruba Networking CX switch for primary and secondary ISP connectivity:
Core-l(config)# ip route 0.0.0.0/0 10.1.251.2
Core-l(config)# ip route 0.0.0.0/0 10.1.252.2 distance 10
The default route via 10.1.251.2 stopped working, and no failover happened. The ISP reported a broken fiber on the path of an upstream device.
In what condition should the route failover to the 10.1.252.2 router?
A. When the uplink-failure-detection enables 10.1.252.2 route.
B. When the default route graceful-restart timer expires.
C. When the BFD session terminates on 10.1.251.2.
D. When the 10.1.251.2 is no longer in the routing table.
Question 4
In the partial example of the LLDP output below:
What can be validated based on the provided output?
A. Peer device native VLAN has no name
B. Peer device is connected over a Gigabit transceiver
C. Peer device port is 1/1/25
D. Peer device native VLAN ID is 1
Question 5
Drag and Drop Question
Match the definitions for Power-over-Ethernet.
Solutions:
| Question 1 Answer: B | Question 2 Answer: D | Question 3 Answer: D | Question 4 Answer: D | Question 5 Answer: Only visible for members |
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